Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Celebrating Book Week with a Visit from the Librarian

  Fri 22 Oct 2021

  As part of Book Week all Year 4 pupils had a visit from our local librarian Claire. Claire read lots of funny books which the children really enjoyed listening to and then she read some jokes. We were all delighted to hear that Crumlin library will be reopening for class visits in November and that the jokes Year 4 children have written will be displayed in it.  Many thanks Claire!

  

• Year 3 Service of Enrolment

  Thu 21 Oct 2021

  Congratulation to all our Year 3 pupils who had their Service of Enrolment in school today.  They were all amazing.  Many thanks to their teachers for the preparation and to Father Colm who led the service in each of the classrooms.

  

• Pupil Council work on Road Safety Banners

  Thu 21 Oct 2021

  Many thanks to Charlene from Devine Designs who came into school today to work with our Pupil Council to help design Road Safety Banners following work collected from the pupils throughout our Child Protection and Safeguarding Week.  The Pupil Council hope to have the banners finished for Road Safety Week in November.  This will bring them a step closer on their way to achieving Junior Road Safety Officer status. 

  

• Refresher Defibrillator Training for Staff

  Wed 20 Oct 2021

  Many thanks to Mr Damien Barkley (Life Support Instructor) who visited school today and completed refresher defibrillator training with some of our staff.  Damien will be back in school after our Halloween Break to complete further staff training.

  

• Parent Update - Squid Games

  Tue 19 Oct 2021

  Squid Games

  As often happens from time to time, many children are picking up on teenage/adult hype

  around popular or current media productions.

  EA Child Protection Services have received some helpline calls about Squid Game and have

  provided us with a helpful update. Please take time to read it, making sure you know what

  you need to in order to keep our children safe.

  Click on the link:

  https://ineqe.com/2021/10/08/squid-game/

• Mathematics World Cup

  Fri 15 Oct 2021

  Mrs Campbell’s P6 class competed in the Mathematic World Cup.  In preparation they participated in times tables circuits sessions and lesson laps where they had to solve problems together.  For the main event they split into three teams and answered a variety of questions while following instructions for active learning.  The event ended with a mindfulness session where the pupils were able to relax and breathe following the leader on screen.  It was great to be part of something different for Numeracy in the classroom.

  

• Year 4 and 5 Museum on the Move Virtual Visit

  Fri 15 Oct 2021

  Museum on the Move visited Primary 4 today to complete a workshop on World War II and Primary 5 to complete an art appreciation workshop.  A very prenjoyable and productive time was had by all involved.

  

• Friends of St Joseph's AGM

  Wed 13 Oct 2021

  The Friends of St Joseph's held their AGM on Tuesday 12th October.  Our elected committe for 2021/22 are:

   

  Chairperson Mrs Jennifer Kerr

  Vice Chairperson: Mrs Rachel Lee

  Treasurer: Mrs Pauline Lagan

  Secretary: Ms Jennifer McLernon

  Teacher Rep: Mrs Louise O'Doherty and Mr Stephen McCullagh

   

  We would like to thank all those who came along on the evening.  Events planned for November are our Smartie Tube fundraiser and we hope to hold our annual Christmas Draw in December.

   

  If you feel you could help in some way, please telephone the office and leave your name and a contact number and a member of the Friends Committee will be in touch.

   

  Thank you for your continued support!

   

   

  

• Non-Uniform Day for Macmillian Cancer care

  Sat 09 Oct 2021

  At this time of the year we have always supported Macmillan Cancer Care by hosting an open coffee morning.  However, due to Covid-19 restrictions we were unable to host our open coffee morning in September. 

   

  This year …

  To get the pupils involved we hosted a

  ‘Macmillan Non-Uniform day on Friday 8th October’

   

  We would like to thank all our pupils and parents for their very kind donations towards this very deserving cause. 

  Our final total raised was an amazing £901.  Thank you again to all involved again!

   

  

• Mission Friday

  Fri 08 Oct 2021

  Today we celebrated World Mission Day in school.  All pupils engaged in a variety of prayerful activities, with all pupils in our Year 1 class given miraculous medals and all pupils in Year 7 receiving a Prayer in My Pocket Booklet.